Future Learning is a British based MOOC and has some interesting offerings and their About Page makes for a good explanation of their aims

The Saylor education site offers a range of courses from K-12 education, University level and Professional Development. Many of the courses they offer are not time based, so there is no start/end date which is great because they can be fitted in around the more formal ones on offer

WORD OF THE WEEK

Absquatulate (V) - to leave hurriedly, suddenly, or secretly
Origin: Mid 19th century: blend (simulating a Latin form) of abscond, squattle 'squat down', and perambulate.
1837, "Facetious U.S. coinage" [Weekley], perhaps based on a mock-Latin negation of squat "to settle." Said to have been used by the U.S. Western character "Nimrod Wildfire" in the play "The Kentuckian," as re-written by British author William B. Bernard and staged in London in 1833. Related: Absquatulated; absquatulating
Some overthrown dictator who had absquatulated to the USA.

“The school should always have as its aim that the [graduate] leave it as a harmonious personality…The development of general ability for independent thinking and judgment should always be placed foremost, not the acquisition of special knowledge.” Albert Einstein, “On Education” (1936)